Poetry. "Rauan Klassnik's HOLY LAND is not a book for the faint of heart. His poems—dreamlike fables that conflate the domestic and quotidian with the dangerous and the perverse—are bathed in tears and blood: a trip to the bank becomes a journey to Auschwitz; bullets and gore find equivalence in rivers, birds and lush grass. In Klassnik's startling vision, 'the world knows what you want, and it knows what you need. It brings you bodies. And it brings you a gun."—Gary Young
Author City: DALLAS, TX USA
Rauan Klassnik was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. In his early teens he moved to Dallas, Texas, with his family. Much of his time is now spent in Mexico.
Reviews and Other Links
author blog
First Book Interview by Keith Montesano
Melinda Wilson @ Coldfront
Phil Hopkins @ CutBank
Seth Abramson @ The Huffington Post